A little 9 mile RT hikes into the wilderness area just south of Mueller State Park south of Divide, CO. The goal today was to hike out to Dome Rock and then up to the top. The hike was mostly along a hiker's trail that ran to the right side of the creek. Tough to hike for me as it was narrow and in many places footing was critical as you could fall 50'+ into the creek below. Took about 2 hours to get the base of Dome Rock. The "ascent" of the rock was a little hairy as there was no easy way up and we had not brought a rope. My hiking partner Bob has written a nice trip report which can be found here: http://whitespider.broeking.com/domerock2007.htm. All in all a nice day but I don't think I'll hike this trail again. http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/domerockroute/223405507_ozvdu-Ti.jpg http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/gallery/3858719_H6JYP/ 2007-11-19T23:30:06Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. 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SmugMug <p><a href="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com">Vervaeke</a> </p><p><a href="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/3858719_H6JYP#223405507_ozvdu" title="Vervaeke's photo"><img src="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/domerockroute/223405507_ozvdu-Th.jpg" width="150" height="125" alt="Vervaeke's photo" title="Vervaeke's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-31T20:26:41Z Vervaeke http://vervaeke.smugmug.com http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/domerockroute/223405507_ozvdu-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com">Vervaeke</a> </p><p><a href="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/3858719_H6JYP#223405529_HbWqW" title="Vervaeke's photo"><img src="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/domerocksummit/223405529_HbWqW-Th.jpg" width="150" height="125" alt="Vervaeke's photo" title="Vervaeke's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-31T20:27:44Z Vervaeke http://vervaeke.smugmug.com http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/domerocksummit/223405529_HbWqW-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com">Vervaeke</a> </p><p><a href="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/3858719_H6JYP#223405943_5Sqac" title="Vervaeke's photo"><img src="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/IMG1249/223405943_5Sqac-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Vervaeke's photo" title="Vervaeke's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-31T20:28:48Z Vervaeke http://vervaeke.smugmug.com http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/IMG1249/223405943_5Sqac-Th.jpg 2007-11-17 09:17:53 <p><a href="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com">Vervaeke</a> </p><p><a href="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/3858719_H6JYP#223406384_QVJT5" title="Vervaeke's photo"><img 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#000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-31T20:25:44Z Vervaeke http://vervaeke.smugmug.com http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/IMG1254/223407215_hz55j-Th.jpg 2007-11-17 09:50:04 <p><a href="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com">Vervaeke</a> </p><p><a href="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/3858719_H6JYP#223407577_7sqcK" title="Vervaeke's photo"><img src="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/IMG1256/223407577_7sqcK-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Vervaeke's photo" title="Vervaeke's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-31T20:27:15Z Vervaeke http://vervaeke.smugmug.com http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/IMG1256/223407577_7sqcK-Th.jpg 2007-11-17 11:59:23 <p><a href="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com">Vervaeke</a> </p><p><a href="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/3858719_H6JYP#223407705_Ydec6" title="Vervaeke's photo"><img 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<p><a href="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com">Vervaeke</a> </p><p><a href="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/3858719_H6JYP#223408271_oZEZ3" title="Vervaeke's photo"><img src="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/IMG1259/223408271_oZEZ3-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Vervaeke's photo" title="Vervaeke's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-31T20:29:30Z Vervaeke http://vervaeke.smugmug.com http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/IMG1259/223408271_oZEZ3-Th.jpg 2007-11-17 13:38:15 <p><a href="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com">Vervaeke</a> </p><p><a href="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/3858719_H6JYP#223408694_Dtzfq" title="Vervaeke's photo"><img src="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/IMG1260/223408694_Dtzfq-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Vervaeke's photo" title="Vervaeke's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-31T20:26:51Z Vervaeke http://vervaeke.smugmug.com http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/IMG1260/223408694_Dtzfq-Th.jpg 2007-11-17 13:38:28 <p><a href="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com">Vervaeke</a> </p><p><a href="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/3858719_H6JYP#223597924_FmPKJ" title="Vervaeke's photo"><img src="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/223400538-O/223597924_FmPKJ-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Vervaeke's photo" title="Vervaeke's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-31T18:34:59Z Vervaeke http://vervaeke.smugmug.com http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/223400538-O/223597924_FmPKJ-Th.jpg 2007-11-17 09:45:34 <p><a href="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com">Vervaeke</a> </p><p><a href="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/3858719_H6JYP#223597970_6SmRv" title="Vervaeke's photo"><img src="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/223401056-O/223597970_6SmRv-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Vervaeke's photo" title="Vervaeke's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-31T18:33:11Z Vervaeke http://vervaeke.smugmug.com http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/223401056-O/223597970_6SmRv-Th.jpg 2007-11-17 11:37:46 <p><a href="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com">Vervaeke</a> </p><p><a href="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/3858719_H6JYP#223598007_TC3un" title="Vervaeke's photo"><img src="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/223401348-O/223598007_TC3un-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Vervaeke's photo" title="Vervaeke's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-31T18:32:52Z Vervaeke http://vervaeke.smugmug.com http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/223401348-O/223598007_TC3un-Th.jpg 2007-11-17 11:38:21 <p><a href="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com">Vervaeke</a> </p><p><a href="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/3858719_H6JYP#223598040_4XyRW" title="Vervaeke's photo"><img src="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/223401736-O/223598040_4XyRW-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Vervaeke's photo" title="Vervaeke's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-31T18:33:48Z Vervaeke http://vervaeke.smugmug.com http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/223401736-O/223598040_4XyRW-Th.jpg 2007-11-17 12:03:40 <p><a href="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com">Vervaeke</a><br />I don't like rock climbing at all. Bob had to give words of encouragement to get my up this area.</p><p><a href="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/3858719_H6JYP#223598086_3tbnB" title="I don't like rock climbing at all. Bob had to give words of encouragement to get my up this area."><img src="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/223402004-O/223598086_3tbnB-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="I don't like rock climbing at all. Bob had to give words of encouragement to get my up this area." title="I don't like rock climbing at all. Bob had to give words of encouragement to get my up this area." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-31T18:35:33Z Vervaeke http://vervaeke.smugmug.com http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/223402004-O/223598086_3tbnB-Th.jpg 2007-11-17 12:07:04 <p><a href="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com">Vervaeke</a> </p><p><a href="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/3858719_H6JYP#223598150_qe7PC" title="Vervaeke's photo"><img src="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/223402275-O/223598150_qe7PC-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Vervaeke's photo" title="Vervaeke's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-31T18:33:29Z Vervaeke http://vervaeke.smugmug.com http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/223402275-O/223598150_qe7PC-Th.jpg 2007-11-17 12:08:48 <p><a href="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com">Vervaeke</a><br />The summit</p><p><a href="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/3858719_H6JYP#223598201_VcCsG" title="The summit"><img src="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/223402327-O/223598201_VcCsG-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="The summit" title="The summit" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-31T18:34:03Z Vervaeke http://vervaeke.smugmug.com http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/223402327-O/223598201_VcCsG-Th.jpg 2007-11-17 12:16:49 <p><a href="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com">Vervaeke</a><br />Bob on summit with Pikes Peak in the background.</p><p><a href="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/3858719_H6JYP#223598254_Ux9x3" title="Bob on summit with Pikes Peak in the background."><img src="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/223402538-O/223598254_Ux9x3-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Bob on summit with Pikes Peak in the background." title="Bob on summit with Pikes Peak in the background." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-31T18:33:38Z Vervaeke http://vervaeke.smugmug.com http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/223402538-O/223598254_Ux9x3-Th.jpg 2007-11-17 12:17:46 <p><a href="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com">Vervaeke</a><br />This is another peak called "Point 9112" I think just slightly to the west. May come back someday and do that one also.</p><p><a href="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/3858719_H6JYP#223598296_Qzs4X" title="This is another peak called "Point 9112" I think just slightly to the west. May come back someday and do that one also."><img src="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/223402786-O/223598296_Qzs4X-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="This is another peak called "Point 9112" I think just slightly to the west. May come back someday and do that one also." title="This is another peak called "Point 9112" I think just slightly to the west. May come back someday and do that one also." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-31T18:36:33Z Vervaeke http://vervaeke.smugmug.com http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/223402786-O/223598296_Qzs4X-Th.jpg 2007-11-17 12:18:07 <p><a href="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com">Vervaeke</a><br />If you look for the small tree in the middle of the picture you can see where we sat down and had lunch. You then move to the left 50' and then hike at a 45 degree angle up and to the right ...</p><p><a href="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/3858719_H6JYP#223598331_QMasp" title="If you look for the small tree in the middle of the picture you can see where we sat down and had lunch. You then move to the left 50' and then hike at a 45 degree angle up and to the right ..."><img src="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/223402859-O/223598331_QMasp-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="If you look for the small tree in the middle of the picture you can see where we sat down and had lunch. You then move to the left 50' and then hike at a 45 degree angle up and to the right ..." title="If you look for the small tree in the middle of the picture you can see where we sat down and had lunch. You then move to the left 50' and then hike at a 45 degree angle up and to the right ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-31T18:33:44Z Vervaeke http://vervaeke.smugmug.com http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/223402859-O/223598331_QMasp-Th.jpg 2007-11-17 12:31:50 <p><a href="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com">Vervaeke</a> </p><p><a href="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/3858719_H6JYP#223598384_u7bBb" title="Vervaeke's photo"><img src="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/223403257-O/223598384_u7bBb-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Vervaeke's photo" title="Vervaeke's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-31T18:34:20Z Vervaeke http://vervaeke.smugmug.com http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/223403257-O/223598384_u7bBb-Th.jpg 2007-11-17 12:55:31 <p><a href="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com">Vervaeke</a> </p><p><a href="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/3858719_H6JYP#223598416_sk49e" title="Vervaeke's photo"><img src="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/223403330-O/223598416_sk49e-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Vervaeke's photo" title="Vervaeke's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-31T18:34:11Z Vervaeke http://vervaeke.smugmug.com http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/223403330-O/223598416_sk49e-Th.jpg 2007-11-17 13:20:14 <p><a href="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com">Vervaeke</a> </p><p><a href="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/3858719_H6JYP#223598472_bLnb7" title="Vervaeke's photo"><img src="http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/223403445-O/223598472_bLnb7-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Vervaeke's photo" title="Vervaeke's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-31T18:35:16Z Vervaeke http://vervaeke.smugmug.com http://vervaeke.smugmug.com/Climbing-and-Hiking/Dome-Rock-11-17-07/223403445-O/223598472_bLnb7-Th.jpg 2007-11-17 14:33:34